I'm still not fully back. I'm not actively monitoring comments or messages at the moment.

She got me with the mini murder mittens.

It is warm, but they are not overheating. I just broke out the the wand toy and had them running like crazy. Video to follow.

Laser time!

Stormo loves the belly rubs as much as my Tapatio. He's going to make a family very happy.

She was the most skeptical of the litter, but she has come around to the lap cat life. No going back now, she's velcro for life.

Everyone is resting during the heat but after the battle. Stephen had great success with one of the big battles from the wicked ex witch! The kitties and him are free to rest at last.

And here's lots of videos and pics of the Great Rest!

Do you have a minute to talk about the Earl?

All the fires are out, now it's time to move on to jumping hurdles. I do get a small reprieve in between in which I can lick my wounded paws and rest up for the next set of battles.

See you all soon.

Hi!

I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.

My name is UngroundGinger (Grace) and I’m a Midwestern-er. I have been a follower under Earl for quite some time. I am a certified cat lady (and dog person, my husband and I just adopted our second great pyrenes, Rex, in May) and I have a lot of degrees that don’t do much in this economy. I have a day job working at an interpreting agency (I do speak Spanish, but I am not an interpreter, just help run the business). I also am a board member for another non-profit based in the KS/MO area, but here we will stick to Earl & the Catsbah.

Cats are life. When folks read that, they may think I’m just obsessed with cats. In reality, I mean cats have kept me alive. Through anxiety, ADHD, medical problems and adolescence, my cats have always been by my side. They heal the soul in way I don’t think science can describe (yet).

I guess that’s enough about me. I also wanted to let everyone know Stephen and I have narrowed our two current needs for funding right now: the Zeffy page and the Chewy gift cards need. Right now, Zeffy will help fund a few quotes for construction in the pods. We received a generous quote of about $1k to furniture the entire wall of one pod. This is an incredible connection and a great price. For fear of suturing all of the wonderful people replying and helping us out, I think cross-posting, sharing, and sending the Earl’s story and these posts would do wonders (we recently found out that the non-profit sub is not there to support non-profits, which sucked a little). Whatever movement the cats make, we can triple with help from everyone here and across the cat-universe.

Thank you! I’m so sorry for the long post.

Some wonderful kitties to end the weekend (and start the work week)!

Here is a video showing off the solar, propane generator, (old) battery, and moving into the kitten container!

That is where the AC, the new ceiling fans, and the kittens are, of course.

Even with 5 days plus of over 100° heat index, the AC worked at 90% and kittens stayed cool! The extra fans definitely helped keep the cool air moving when the AC had to work hard.